King Kong théorie

155 pages

French language

Published Nov. 3, 2007 by Livre de Poche.

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978-2-253-12211-1
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King Kong Theory is a book by filmmaker and novelist Virginie Despentes, first published in French in 2006 by Grasset. English-language editions have been published in 2010 by The Feminist Press (translated by Stéphanie Benson) and in 2020 by Fitzcarraldo Editions (translated by Frank Wynne).

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King Kong Théorie

4 stars

En tant qu’homosexuel et porteur d’un handicap physique, je suis sensibilisé aux questions de domination, d’oppression et de lutte des minorités. Pourtant, le féminisme a longtemps été un angle mort de mon rapport au politique : il m’a fallu quelques lectures et écoutes pour ouvrir les yeux, pour commencer à m’y intéresser et surtout à comprendre que ces questions ne sont pas accessoires, que la lutte contre la domination masculine est indissociable de la lutte contre la domination capitaliste.

Depuis, je cherche à m’éduquer, à me renseigner et à me documenter à ce sujet. C’est ainsi que j’ai commencé il y a quelques semaines à écouter Les couilles sur la table, un podcast créé et animé par Victoire Tuaillon où la journaliste aborde la construction des masculinités d’un point de vue féministe. À l’occasion d’une série de 4 épisodes, elle a reçu et interviewé Virginie Despentes, que je connaissais …

reviewed King Kong Theory by Virginie Despentes

King Kong Theory

1 star

A shambles, outside of writing about her personal history. Misogynist yardsticks aren't reclaimable and don't depose the male gaze. Exudes not-like-other-girls vibes in distorting consequence for cause in prizing masculinity and maligning femininity. Haphazard groundless arguments including following MRA posturing, plural Julie Delpy-style white woman statements ('It's harder to be a woman than to be Black'), a parade of astonishingly bizarro world misfires.

When President Sarkozy demands a police presence in schools or Ségolène Royal instructs the army to patrol certain areas of major cities, they are not showing children a virile embodiment of the law but the extension of the mother’s absolute power.
…women would do well to consider the advantages of men becoming active fathers, rather than simply to content themselves with having power bestowed on them politically through the exaltation of maternal instinct.
After several years of genuine, sincere, and rigorous research, I have come to the …